'Costing between £150,000 and
£500,000, there are only a handful of people around the world who have
access to this for fun. To be able to use equipment like this when I am
retired is a dream come true.

'The SEM picks up basically where the
normal light microscope finishes. And it takes it so much further by
magnifying the specimen by up to a million times.

'Also different to a regular microscope is the fact the SEM builds a 3D image giving you a unique view.'